10 Lesser Known Horror Movies That Will Scare The Life Out Of You

What’s the problem with today’s horror movies? Well, they are NOT actually horror. And what actually is scary hardly makes it to mainstream cinema. But the truth is, buried under the pile of ‘supposedly horror movies’ are some truly terror inflicting movies that are pure horror gold. Here we have listed 10 lesser known horror movies so demonic that they will never fade away from your memory.

10. Cheap Thrills

This movie best portrays the sick entertainment fetishes of rich and the poor people’s desperation to earn money. Two broke friends encounter a rich couple who ask them to perform brutal acts of violence on each other in order to get paid. The more gruesome the acts, the better the money! The lengths to which the men can go hurting themselves and each other for the money will make you sick.

9. Afflicted

Two obsessed YouTubers set out to see the world, live life to the fullest and put the entire thing on YouTube. But not much into their tour, one of them gets afflicted by a brutal disease and starts showing signs of cannibalism and vampirism. What puts this movie ahead of other cam-horror movies is the vehemence of the protagonists to continue to film everything along with battling the supernatural disease.

8. The Exorcist III (1990)

Nobody actually paid attention to the sequels of ‘The Exorcist’. While the second installment was pretty run-of-the-mill, ‘The Exorcist 3’ was an unnoticed masterpiece. In simple words, the movie is an intelligent, non-ironic and if rightly said a true sequel to the first movie. So if you are starting off with your ‘really terrifying movie marathon’ we strongly recommend you this.

7. Big Bad Wolves

Revenge is one hell of a drug and ‘Big Bad Wolves’ is an absolute overdose of just that. A kidnapped girl’s father together with a disgraced police officer kidnap a suspect and torture him beyond limits. The torture is so nauseating and brutal that you will surprisingly find yourself sympathizing with the perpetrator and start questioning the girl’s dad’s motives.

6. Starry Eyes

“The price of fame” is a famous saying but ‘Starry Eyes’ takes it to a whole another twisted and gory level. Out of serious desperation to break into Hollywood, a girl scores a role in a mysterious film which pushes her beyond human limits. Her body starts to inhumanly deteriorate and her body starts to transform into something terrifying. There’s a shower scene in which will haunt you for days.

5. Oculus

It’s surprising why ‘Oculus’ never got its fair share of popularity. The movie is impeccably directed, follows a compelling story line and actors have performed brilliantly. Despite everything going for it, Oculus never got to receive deserved applauds. To exonerate her brother from the murder charges of their parents, a girl tries to prove that it was actually a demonic mirror that insinuated the murders.

4. The Taking of Deborah Logan

What starts as a rather mellow looking medical documentary turns into something so terrifying that it can potentially give you sleepless nights. As part of her thesis on Alzheimer, a college student with a crew decides to make a documentary on Deborah Logan who is in her critical stage of the disease. Soon, a series of frightening paranormal acts makes the crew realize that something worse than Alzheimer is at play with Deborah and it surely is demonic. Right from spine chilling thrills to an unexpected horrifying climax, this movie won’t fail at giving you nightmares.

3. Paperhouse (1988)

Some might not call it a horror exclusive but simply put, this movie is drastically terrifying. An ailing girl visits a house in her dreams that she had drawn on a paper and makes friends with a little boy which she had also drawn as the inhabitant. As the girl gets sicker, her dream visits to the house become more and more sinister. The movie brings together great acting talent, intensely terrifying scenes and immensely spine chilling story. And yes, the climax where the girl actually faces the demon will stick to your sub-consciousness forever.

2. Jacob’s Ladder

‘Jacob’s Ladder’ is one such horror master piece that if rightly judged, it supersedes ‘The Exorcist’ by all means. Be it the editing, the cinematography or the acting, this movie is a visual master piece of horror and conspiracy. Sadly though, it never actually made out of the art house circles. A Vietnam War vet who has lost his young son and wife is suffering from a severe case of delusion and tries to keep his sanity. But his condition worsens as the flashbacks of his dead son and wife and his war time starts to haunt him more than ever.

1. The Babadook

Not often comes out a horror movie that grips you in unexplainable terror. A movie so well knit that it seems to bring to life all that you fear subconsciously. ‘The Babadook’ is just that. The movie binds together the desperation, depression and loneliness of a single mother and creates an atmosphere so terrible that it’s hard to put in words. What starts from a horror story book goes on to ruin the life of a lady and her little son.